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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
And now, you won't be allowed to use telehealth anymore for MOST situations. Effective April 1. Telehealth became a "thing" during the pandemic when it wasn't really safe for everyone with COVID to be hanging out in the waiting room with healthy people just looking for a brief consultation with a doctor or nurse about a generic ache or muscle cramp.
But it became popular AND cost-effective for both the medical professionals and the patients. Patients who are home-bound, who -cannot- sit up by themselves and don't have handi-vans to roll their wheelchairs into, will not be able to get the care they need for routine visits anymore. They'll have to hire a handi-van from an ambulance company, which isn't covered by Medicare, and go ONLY to a doctor that has either really strong people or a hoyer lift to put them onto the exam table, and the process will take several hours instead of several minutes.
Talk about waste of taxpayer dollars.
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On the other hand, telemedicine is a poor alternative at best. There is no substitute for talking to the patient in person and hands on examining them. NONE. You cannot practice medicine over the phone. PERIOD.